Modern conveniences . . . like hot pots, like microwaves, like prepackaged and prepared food. like TV dinners and Jiffy Pop, washing machines and dryers, frostless freezers, and electric cars. Dear me! What is the world coming to?
Well, here is a hint for the busy housewife who uses a manual can opener and milks her own cows . . .
I do enjoy these old movies – makes me think of my childhood! But, wow, this is in color! I don’t think I ever saw a color movie until I was in high school (that is, in school).
I still haven’t used one of these critters . . .
Enjoy!
Ink, Yarn & Beer 
Dear Lord.
Wuzza madda?
We’ve come far! I have an excerpt from a high school homemaking class on how to be a good wife. Maybe one of these days I’ll scan it and send it out.
You should send it out – it really would be an eye opener. Even that little movie was an eye-opener – the drainage pan under the ice box. I never knew about that one! I will say I never got a pressure cooker because they sure seem scary – you always heard stories about their blowing up and splattering food everywhere.
My mom had a pressure cooker and it did scare me. Now we have instapots, aka pressure cookers.
Love seeing old time capsules like this! Back when kids would eagerly help their parents cook and take an interest in the household. The daughter in the video says, “if you like boys” as if she’d rather obsess over cooking than boys…that could be it too.
Movies like this are cultural history, really, as they show the roles people play. Times change and evolve, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse. What I like is the technology – if you read more, you know I like to make ink and use a quill pen as they did 200+ years ago – so learning about pressure cookers is an interesting step into a past I never knew (no pressure cookers for my mother).
Totally agree. Whether things have changed for better or worse, it’s still history that we should be learning from. I’m a big fan of older technology, seeing how certain devices worked better than modern ones, etc. And I love how you’re using ink and a quill pen! That’s the kind of lost handcrafted art that really impresses me. The flowy, beautiful lines and calligraphic fonts are gorgeous and one of a kind.
I enjoy old school art and the techniques that go with it. I even have books on how to use ink and a fountain pen, like how all comic strips and comic books were done. I have the same type of fountain pen that was widely used then too, just need to study and practice it.